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John F. Kennedy Was Elected For President.
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JFK Order Protection Over Freedom Riders.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act Outlawed discribination in public places.
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the bill creating Medicare, a national health insurance plan for the elderly.
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act abolishes literacy tests and other examinations used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting.
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Republican candidate Richard Nixon is elected president of the United States.
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North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch a massive assault on South Vietnamese towns and American outposts on the Lunar New Year or Tet.
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Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon.
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The Weathermen, a revolutionary political organization growing out of the Students for a Democratic Society, launch the Days of Rage in Chicago.
